Boa Allows Night Stranger in a Brooklyn Bathroom
A Brooklyn teenager stumbled on a boa constrictor in his apartment bathroom after lights-out. The escaped snake, likely left by previous tenants, caused fear until police arrived. Animal experts note boas kill by constriction, making the sighting potentially dangerous.
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New York City
Boa
Brooklyn
Ping Min Zhang
Boas
Denise Brown
Center For Animal Care and Control
Mona Lisa facelift debate at the Louvre
Paris experts press Louvre to remove centuries of varnish as a facelift idea grows. A French art magazine uses computer imagery to show Mona Lisa with rosy cheeks and blue skies. The museum plans a new room for the painting, due in 2001, aiming to reveal its original look.
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Paris
Louvre
Leonardo da Vinci
Yeltsin vows no resignation amid crisis in Russia
President Boris Yeltsin publicly denied plans to quit on Friday as Russia faces economic turmoil. He said he will serve his constitutional term and not run in 2000, while aides asserted he would not bow to power sharing with hard liners. He fired reformers Boris Nemtsov and Anatoly Chubais as the government seeks to reclaim control.
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Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Boris Nemtsov
Anatoly Chubais
Petar Stoyanov
Kremlin
Alternatives Expand Health Care Use Rising in America
A report by the Institute for Alternative Futures finds Americans increasingly turn to methods such as chiropractic Oriental medicine and homeopathy. Practitioners in Texas anticipate growing demand for these alternative health care services as people seek natural cures over surgery and standard medical treatments.
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Institute For Alternative Futures
Texas
Russian pleas stall as West withholds aid
Washington and Western capitals show little appetite to fund Russia's faltering move to a free market. Clinton and other leaders remain cautious as financial markets wobble, signaling limited options and urging Russia to accelerate reforms.
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Washington
Russia
Clinton
Mobil settles suits over underpaid oil royalties
Mobil Corp will pay 56.5 million to resolve federal and Texas claims that it underreported oil values from federal and Indian lands between 1980 and last year. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Texas officials welcomed the settlements, noting funds owed to governments and tribes.
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Texas
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Justice Department
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California
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Gulf of Mexico
Interior
Bruce Babbitt
Bonnie regains hurricane strength hits Virginia coast
Hurricane Bonnie strengthens to a hurricane off Virginia causing roof damage trees uprooted and power outages for about 300000 homes. Officials admitting surprise as storms intensified. fatalities include a 12 year old girl in Currituck County North Carolina and a man electrocuted in Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
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Bonnie
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Mark C. Marchbank
North Carolina
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Virginia
Myrtle Beach
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